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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Apr 1

    Deep review of Enlightenment Now by one of its inspirations, Charles Kenny (author of Getting Better), in Democracy: A Journal of Ideas.https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/48/its-not-as-bad-as-all-that/ …

    6:13 PM - 1 Apr 2018
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      1. WittyWill‏ @BluePillWill Apr 2
        Replying to @sapinker

        Hey Steven! i was just philosophizing topical existential conundrums such as what is the nature of consciousness? and is there free will? then i realized something profund! you just have to make your microtubulos oscillate succinctly in quantum coherence!!! instant enlightenment!

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      2. David Klamet‏ @daveklamet Apr 1
        Replying to @sapinker

        I've added EN to my reading list. The sword of our advancing technology has two edges. Increasing inequality will put more power in the hands of an ever smaller group. History has taught us what happens when a few wield great power. Has it ever been good?

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      3. Glover McNeiece‏ @GloverMcNeiece Apr 1
        Replying to @daveklamet @sapinker

        Inequality in the USA is, indeed, increasing. Globally, however, inequality is in decline, as poorer countries experience faster economic growth. (The USA’s GDP growth is <3%; much of Africa experiences >5%.)

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      4. Gyeff‏ @Gyeff Apr 2
        Replying to @GloverMcNeiece @daveklamet @sapinker

        I think you are misusing the statistic. Inequality is being reduced BETWEEN nations. Countries that were previously poor (as countries) like China and India are not as poor now. But, inequality WITHIN those nations is increasing. We have wage-slave class and landlord class.

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      2. Alessandra Asteriti‏ @AlessandraAster Apr 2
        Replying to @sapinker

        I am sure for you (middle class white guy of slightly above average intellect but all the privilege that comes with your status) it ain't.

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      3. Ralph Janik‏ @RalphJanik Apr 2
        Replying to @AlessandraAster @sapinker

        plus, all this "the world has never been in a better state"-talk ignores that well-being is not a question of numbers, graphs, etc. It's a question of collective feelings, of insecurity, fears and hopes

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      1. Saadi Haeri‏ @SaadiHaeri Apr 2
        Replying to @sapinker

        Judging what is human progress is tricky.

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      1. David Klamet‏ @daveklamet Apr 1
        Replying to @sapinker

        /2 And, as they say in the disclaimers for financial products, "Past performance is not an indicator(or guarantee) of future results."

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      1. Secular Liberal Boudicca (somalis call me Afweyne)‏ @Jliba1997 Apr 1
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        bought the book. really good!

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      2. shthd‏ @lancenada Apr 1
        Replying to @sapinker

        The per capita income of Jeff Bezos and that mentally ill homeless guy who is always at the bus stop is 5 billion. Ain't progress grand?

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      2. Glover McNeiece‏ @GloverMcNeiece Apr 1
        Replying to @sapinker

        It’s a good read. A rejection of the cynicism — this assumption of decadence — that increasingly poisons dialog on both sides. Not surprisingly, there’s much (bipartisan)resistance to the idea things are improving.

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      1. marius kramer‏ @mariusremarkk Apr 2
        Replying to @sapinker @GeertenWaling

        Material progress - spiritual void

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      1. Glen Binnie‏ @BinnieGlen Apr 2
        Replying to @sapinker

        “It’s not as bad as all that” has been my mantra for years but recently, short term, I’m beginning to reconsider.

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      2. colin lyons‏ @VdlchJ Apr 2
        Replying to @sapinker

        Sure A Harvard Scientist of psychology suffering from clinical denial and delusion Ironypic.twitter.com/zZsC1teLaI

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      3. colin lyons‏ @VdlchJ Apr 2
        Replying to @VdlchJ @sapinker

        Nature is collapsing, the human race is literally unnecessarily eating itself extinct But everything’s fine because I can fudge statistics and paint a delusional picture of the world When you take what you don’t need from nature, it turns on you And destroys youpic.twitter.com/yJH532dOAG

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      4. colin lyons‏ @VdlchJ Apr 2
        Replying to @VdlchJ @sapinker

        Progress Greed a deadly sin There is no poverty Only selfish greedy people eating what they don’t need and stealing all the land to farm animals, grow crops to feed 56 BILLION animals killed and eaten for pleasure But we can’t feed JUST 800 million mostly children who starvepic.twitter.com/G92JZvOdzK

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      5. colin lyons‏ @VdlchJ Apr 2
        Replying to @VdlchJ @sapinker

        Never let the truth stand in the way of a good story

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